Hi all, I've started this group to facilitate discussion of the online version of Black Vienna. At the present time, Mikko Saari, Iain Cheyne and I are testing...
Hi All, I've added a "Dispatches" tab to Black Vienna Online. This is similar to "shoutboxes" wherein you can read and post messages to other players....
Hi All, I've added a new feature to Black Vienna Online. This option (called Active Players Only) is set only when a new case is created. If set, eliminated ...
... Good, along these lines is how I always try to play - I think having elminated players ask questions is a pretty bad idea. Also, on the Dispatches thing I...
... I'm disinclined to put this on the "View" page. There's a balance that needs to be struck between having all the information you need in one place, and...
I favor email alerts. I don't want to feel like I have to check the site repeatedly to see if new moves have been made or if it's my turn to investigate. And...
I kind of like the idea of the last dispatch being on the view page but I understand the clutter issue. E-mail sounds like a reasonable compromise. Uncle...
I don't want dispatches on the View page. But would it be too difficult to, say, change the color of the Dispatches text to red if there are new dispatches?...
... This is not too difficult to achieve. What I will likely do is keep track of the last time each player viewed the Dispatches tab. If there are messages...
Ok, I'm coming late to this party, so I apologize if this has been brought up before. I'm playing my first game, and we're about 12 turns in. When I play BV...
And another thing. At least with the current arrangement screen-turf-wise, there doesn't seem to be any reason that the 'Investigation' tab is a tab. I mean,...
... need a real piece of paper to take notes? I use a separate piece of paper to take notes. It never really occurred to me to have an online facility to do...
Personally, I would think you'd have to have it. Perhaps something as simple as a text box next to each person's name could suffice: 0: ABCDE 1of2: FG, HI ...
... I agree with Derk. I log in from several different computers throughout the day to check my email and the game status. I don't really want to carry a...
Yep, I agree as well. I've been using a spreadsheet for just such a purpose. I've been trying to figure out just how I would suggest it be implemented but...
Now I don't know about studying the other people's questions relative to what you think you know about them, but it does raise another issue (that's a heck of...
... purpose. I've been trying to figure out just how I would suggest it be implemented but haven't come up with just the right mix. I think a grid with...
... what you think you know about them, but it does raise another issue (that's a heck of a decision tree). Technically, you can make an accusation anytime...
Perhaps once you reach a certain number of the unknowns, you can click a button to slow the game down? As for the notes, I think a matrix like the one Uncle...
... It's not a question of how to implement a slow-down, but what the parameters of that slow-down are. Consider: It's fairly reasonable to expect that certain...
Re: note taking. I'd planned to bring this up as well. I can see wanting to start up multiple games and having to track all of it on a piece of paper or in a...
Not saying you're wrong. Merely bringing the point up. Imagine what Aldie feels like, 'cuz I send him this kinda stuff all the time. I think it's reasonable...
... cards, so no one asks him questions (or they asked him early on), so he's got no chance of winning unless he checks hourly of his own volition. I don't...
... I mis-read this the first time... I'm not quite sure what situation you're talking about here. How can you get "screwed" by not getting asked a question...
... I like the idea of a shoutbox on the Black Vienna page. I have to go there to make my moves anyway, so I'm sure to read the banter. I would rather reduce...
... I just carry this sheet in my wallet. http://boardgamegeek.com/file/info/29920 Maybe a link to the sheet in the instructions would help? -- Iain...
... Then I'm misunderstanding what Derk is complaining about. If I can accuse any time and I can know every time a turn happens, I'm fine with it how it is....
... I've added a version of this to the website. Once you're logged into a case, a link will appear at the bottom of every page labelled "Printable Notepad"....
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